Price-card device



March 2o, 192s. 1,662,813

' A. E. CBB

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UNITED` STATES ALVIN E. COBB, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

PRICE-CARD. DEVICE.

Application led July 5,

The object of my invention is to providea price card device of simple,durable and .inexpensive constructiomthat may be readily, quickly andeasily attached to or removed from the front edge-of a shelf, and toprovide price cards and face plates detachably connected with thedevice, and so arranged that by readjusting the positions of the cardsand face plates a great variety of price marks may be displayed in aneat and attractive manner from the front of thedevice, and whereby allof the price cards and face plates may be contained in the device aftersuch readajustment of the price cards and faceplates to make aself-contained unitary price card device, thus avoiding danger of losingor misplacing the detachable parts.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, point-edv out in myclaim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view illustrat-ing a portion of a shelfvwith my improved price ca-rd device applied thereto, a portion of theface plate being broken away at the top to show the adjacent edgesof theprice cards in the rear of the face plate.

Figure 2 shows an enlarged, detail, sectional view on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 illustrate respectively the outer and inner surfaces ofone of the face plates.

Figures 5` and 6 are similar views of another of a series of faceplates.

Figures 7 andthird face plate. 4 Figures 9and 10 show the front and rearfaces respectively of one of the price cards.

Figures 11 and 12 show the front and rear faces respectively of anotherof the price cards.

Figures 13 and 14 show the front and rear faces of. another of the pricecards.

Figures 15 and 16 show the front and rear faces of the remaining pricecard.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the referencenumeral 10 to in dica-te the front or body portion of the holder. Theholder is preferably madecomplete of a single piece of sheet metal andthe top edge of the front 10 is bent rearwardly at 11 and is designed torest upon 8 are similar views of al i927. serial No. 203,509.

the top of a shelf. The side edges of the front 10 are extended straightforwardly at 12 and then inwardly toward the vertical center of t-heholder at 13, sub-stantially parallelV with the front 10. The bottomedge is projected forwardly at 14 and upwardly at 15` In the centralportion of the front 10, a part thereof is cut at its top andsides toform a tongue 16, which may be bent rearwardly, as shown in Figure 2, toyieldingly engage the bottom of the -shelf 17, to thereby more firmly'hold the card holder in position. s

By this arrangement it will be seen that the front portionof the holder,which lies adjacent to the front edge of the shelf is formed withmarginal portions turned inwardly, and which form slots at the sides andbottom for the reception of the cards, thetop being open so these cardsmay be readily removed.

The price cards proper are indicated generally by the numeral 18 and arepreferably squared and made of rather thick paper or similar material.It is necessary to use four of these cards, and the outer dimensions oftwo cards 18 are such that they may be readily placed in theslots in themargin of the holder from vabove and their inner edges will looselyengage each other, andthe two cards will stand in the same plane. Theprice card illustrated in Figures 9 and 10 has markedupon one facethereofat the left side the numeral 0, and at'the right side the numeral9, and between t-he two the word Left in small letters. The-oppositeface, as illustrated in Figure 10, is blank.y

Another card has printed upon one face thereof the numeral 9 at theright side, the numeral O at the left side and the word Right in thespace between them. Its opposite side is blank, asy shown in Figure 12.The third card, as shown in Figure 13 has printed on one face the wordRight in thel center, and at the top thenumeral 8, at the bottom thenumeral 6, at the right side the numeral 7 in inverted position, and at"the left side the numeral 5'. On its opposite face, shown in Figure 14,there is at the left side the numeral 1, at thebottom the numeral2,` atthe right side thenumeral 3 Vin inverted position, and at the top thenumeral 4, and the word Right at its central portion.'y The remainingprice card has at its right side, the numeral 5, at its left the numeral7 in inverted position, at its top the numeral 8, and at itsbottomthenumeral 6, and the word Left in its central portion. On the oppositeside at the right is the nunieral 1, at the bottom the numeral 2, at theleft the numeral 3 in inverted position, and at the topy the numeral a.

The numerals printed upon these cards are so arranged that only the twothat are on the sides thereof adjacent to the meeting edges of the cardsmay be viewed when in use,] and these numerals are,therefore, allprinted upon the cards so that these two numerals on the adjacent edges,no matter how the cards are placed together, will always be in properupright positions.

There are three face plates, each` being preferably made oi a singlepiece of rigid material, such as Celluloid, and the `body portion ofwhich is indicated on the drawings by the numeral 19.` rllheouterdimension of each is substantially the same as the outer dimension oftwo of the cards 18,

soj that this faceplate may be slipped into the slotted holder fromabove and will entend completely across two price cards .in the rear.Each face plate is formed at its central portion with a. rectangularopening indicating pounds, and

of such size that the `two adjacent numbers on the cards in the rear ofthe face plate may be viewed through such opening, and

all of the other numbers or printed matter upon the price card will beconcealed by said face plate. i j j 1n the present instance I haveprovided Athree of these face plates. The one shown in` Figures 3 and lhas printed upon one face the symbol c indicating cents, at the right ofthe opening. On its opposite face at the left of the opening is thenumeral 2, and beneath it the word FFor, and at the left of the openingthe symbol c indicating cents.` The second face plate has printed uponits rigl'it side the numeral 1, and adjacent toit the word Dollarf7 andonthe right of the opening the symbol c indi eating cents. On theopposite side at the left there is printed the numeral 3, and under itthe word Forf` and on the right of the opening the symbol c TheV thirdface plate has at its left the symbol 1b. on the right of the openingthe symbol e, and on its opposite face at the left there is theabbreviation Dozj indicating dozen, and at the right the symbol 0. Y .i

In practical use, and assuming that it is desired to use the device inconnection with articles that are to be sold for fifteen cents each,then the operator places the face plate, shown in Figures 3 and Ll,withthe face shown in Figure 3 at the front, and this i face plate is thenput into the slotted holder. .Then he selects the price card shown inFig- Vure 16 and puts it at the right side of the 1fnlder immediately inthe rear of the face plate, He then selects the price card shown inFigures 13 and 14, and places it with the numeral 5 adjacent to thenumeral 1 in the right side of the holder, and in the rear ofthe faceplate. f Then the remaining price c cardsfand face plates are insertedin the slot of the holderin therear of the cardsV mentioned, there"being just sufficient space to properly receive them and hold the faceplates and cards displayed through the open- `indicate the price perpound or dozen, or

two or three articles for the price displayed through the opening in theface plate, the other face plates may be employed. Furthern'iore,`byusing the face of the face plate shown in Figure 5, the symbol 1 dollarmay be added to the numerals displayed through the opening in the faceplate, the1jeby providing a large number of different price indicatingmarks.

One of the advantages of my deviceis that it is self-contained and aunitary structure,

and those face plates or price cards that are v not being displayed arecontained within the holder, so that they are not likely to become lostor misplaced.

1 claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described, the combination of a holder formedof sheet metal and comprising upright body portion, means for detachablyconnecting it to a shelf, the marginal edges of the sides and bottomofthe body portion being projected rst outwardly and then toward thecenter of the body portion to form card receiving slots open at theVtop, four cards each being substantially rectangular in outline and of asize substantially half the size of the body portion, and being designedto restl in said slots with their adjacent edges substantially inengagement with each other, said cards having marked upon their centralportions Y the words Right,and Left, and Aalso havpletely acrosstwoprice cards and to retain the price cardslin position Vin the holder,

said face plate .being formed with' a central opening and being soarranged that when in position in front of two price cards, 'it will jconceal allof the symbols on the price cards except the two that areadjacent to the mar ginal edges of the price cards, which latter symbolsmaybe viewed throughthe opening Vin the face card, for the purposesstated. .Q

Des Moines1owa, June 17, 1927 ALVIN E. COBB."

